Welcome
Professor Sasha Roseneil, Vice-Chancellor, welcomes readers from the global Sussex community and shares some key highlights from the University year.
Features
Art for all
How Sussex’s trailblazing impact on art and education came to the fore in its role as Education Partner for Turner Prize 2023.
Many healthy returns
Since 2003, Brighton and Sussex Medical School has graduated more than 2,000 doctors to work in the NHS and beyond and produced transformative research.
Global ambition
Since its founding, Sussex has had a global outlook and strong commitment to the internationalisation of education. Today, we’re taking forward our values-based global engagement strategy to create ‘A Better University for a Better World’.
Who do you think you are?
Solving the mystery of consciousness could go beyond understanding our sense of ‘self’ to having broader implications across medicine, society and technology for us all.
Soundscapes
Doctors have listened to the health of our bodily systems for millennia. Now we are making digital stethoscopes to listen to the health of our ecosystems.
Growing up online
While the introduction of new legislation that allows children more control over the content they see online is promising, understanding how best to help children navigate wellbeing in a digital context has never been more important.
From quarry to campus
The Neolithic flint mines found in and around Sussex are among Britain’s most important prehistoric monuments. Dr Alistair Grant reveals the history and personal journey behind Falmer House’s iconic knapped flint walls commissioned by Sir Basil Spence.
Opinion: The path to net zero
Professor Benjamin K. Sovacool makes a case as to why decarbonising can become the next big climate success story.
Opinion: Imitating human intelligence
To be programmed with intelligence is one thing. To possess emotional intelligence is another. Professor Julie Weeds draws a distinction between artificial intelligence and what it is to be human.
Opinion: The secret life of vets
Veterinary social work is an emerging and growing field in other countries, but the UK is yet to catch up. Rebecca Stephens explains her reasons as to why placing social workers within veterinary settings should be made an area of focus.
By students, for students
A student’s achievements are more than their academic successes, but how do we capture and celebrate accomplishments outside of the lecture theatre?
Sussex people
The art of articulation
Turner Prize-winner Helen Cammock (Sociology BA Hons, 1989) reflects on her profound and complex relationship with words and her path to artistic self-discovery.
Alumni library
Books and podcasts authored by Sussex alumni and academics in the past year.
The fight for peace
For nearly 50 years, Martin Griffiths (AFRAS 1968) has worked on the frontline of humanitarian aid and mediated with leaders of the most-feared armed groups, from the Basque separatist organisation ETA to the Afghan Taliban. Now, as the United Nation’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, his experience and skill are stretched to the limit.
A global perspective
Bill Russo (Environment, Development and Policy 2009) has worked for the US government in foreign affairs, national security and diplomacy. He played a key role in the successful Biden-Harris presidential campaign and now, as Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Global Public Affairs, he leads a team of 350 to promote American foreign policy. Here, he reflects on his current role and the journey towards it.
Championing change
In 2017, climate educator and activist Temilade Salami (Environment, Development and Policy 2021) founded EcoChampions, a Nigerian NGO focused on environmental education and leadership.
Candid conversations
Artist, filmmaker and writer Topher Campbell (Intellectual History 1983) was matched with Creative Director Jordi M. Carter (Drama and Film Studies 2018) as part of the Sussex Connect Global Mentoring Programme. They share their perspectives on the value of mentoring and the positive impact their relationship has had.
Alumni news
Sussex alumni all over the world have been active in starting new projects, making an impact at local, national and international level, achieving career milestones and gaining recognition.
Read a snapshot of the latest alumni news
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